A journey from London to France and Holland: or, the traveller's useful vade mecum. Volume I. Wherein is contain'd the following Particulars, viz. I. Each Day's Observation, in Travelling from London to Paris, thro' French Flanders. II. And from thence to Reims. III. The Manner of Examination mention'd, for obtaining a Diploma in Physick, at that University. IV. A Copy of the Diploma itself. V. A Comparison between the City of Paris and London. VI. Some Account of Paris, Theinhabitants, and the Buildings thereof. Vii. A Description of the two Famoushospitals there,viz. Thehotel Dieu, and La Charity. Viii. An Account of Versailles and its Gardens, &c. IX. An Account of a Course of Midwifry, &c. at Paris. X. An Account of Thefrench Money to a Hundred Million of Livres, with a Copperplate of its Impression on each Side, and a Table reducing it into English Money. XI. The Grounds of the French Language, &c. XII. A Short, Historical, Geographical Account of the Nation and People. XIII. A Li

People / Organizations

• Robert Poole (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for E. Duncomb, in Butcherhall-Lane, near Newgate-Street, M.DCC.L. [1750]

Publication year

1750-1750

ESTC No.

T54042

Grub Street ID

280918

Description

2v., fold plates : maps ; 8⁰

Note

A reissue of the second edition of 1746, with a new titlepage to vol. 1 and without the portrait.